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I TITLE 2. 2. Prince Joseph ,Napnleon, King of,, , lNTaple,s nd Sicily, is King of Spain ancl the Indies. 3. The Crown of Spain and theaLlieZ l sMitr i til hereditary in the niale issue law*Degotten of the bole of the said Prince, 'accordiceptoPtaziosk . ay of birth, to the perpetn . al exelusion In deta:ilt of .such i•tsne male, hwifully.'itoet;otten o' the I'iIACQ! JOSEPH ',NAPOLECJW, tile etr)A.Vll of Spain itescend to us arid our heirs.nrite, `and: lei 1 successors, either cif . nu rbody, -- hr - by•adoptiork. in default of. such our male descendants.andlacc ful succesors: to descend to the issue male, and lawful sitreessors, of Ptitke Louis NAToLuoN, King of HoPiuct.. •. Ansi in 'cletitalr of such. mile descenclants.au' Ito fid su:c...ssors- of Prince 1. - aiut , NaPot.ituN-,10 the issue and successors of Prince JEKuME NA POLEON, King of WessThalia. Aud in default of these,.to the first-born son, be- . fore the cleith of the last -King , , of the Qldest:4lltgli7 Qf those who have issue, mut to r . los,ittik. descentlatos, and lawful successor , '; - eas 4 ,4le, last King should not have nominate& t hat one of -his daughters M..) has• Male issue ; then to • Win whoip be shall appoint by: his- 1A ill, eit her .amoug „his thins, or among ttici , e whorn' lie shall , deers most Worthy to rule over . - This' noomination shall be delivered to the Cortes for their iiCerpiiillee. • 4. The Crown of shall never he fixed upon the same head with any other Clown. . . • 5. In alt the Edia, .an.l I,4"ws; the title'of : the King ot - Spain 'shah be —l3. N. the Grace of Gokr; Con.glitutioti. of State, King of Spain and the 'h&c,. The King, on his accession to the Throne, or Oa atrainiu; hi, iwijirri!y, shall•takt . gan pal!' :to the people on ,the Gospel, in the presence Of ihe , Corte , , tIFJ Senate,. the courted of State, the Council of Ca,tile, the Atclibi,hops acid Bishops. • q. The:form of the King's Oath is :•—" I _Swear, on the holy Evangelists,' to reverence and 'cause' to be reverenced our,holy religion to maititaiurtheih viol,tbihty of the Sp.ini,ll 'territory to, reverehce,• an , i cause to be rev ercneed, the iibertjr.i? c 'lll,o*e§bti . ? 2:“..1 to govbro alone tor the welfare; If 4 gloiy of the Spani,li nation." _~~'i • • TITLE THE- GOVERNMENT-.-11:‘') 8. The minority of the Kiha 0 shall iasC.t4.l;Eiiks ; . .. .. rittoined - his . 1 8111. year. - 4./vringi .his minor sh.iii be a Regent of the Kingdom. . • 9. The itegent must be at least 'tls - yejrs bid.' 0. The te , -;t: , .nt ~ shalrbert_pinatedbyti*pte-. teding - king, - attiong th 6 have attani4l the age mentioned 'in the preceding article.- t 1. In default of nomination by the preceding King, the liegettley belongs :to -the Prince the hit - - titest. removed- from the- Tin-one according 'to: the. law of huccession, and No has attainedf the'age of 23 years. - 12. In case the Pl7l - flee -furtliestTre:rtibved-fiorn the Crown - sha t i be in a state 0i111:A10 - 4y, iflie-Re 7 , gent v belongs tn thL next Prince,who Etta I'cstrnttniae I.) ex , 2rcbe 1115 fun6tions till the King shall - I - hive - at , tdiaed • . • 13. 'Tile Regent is not personally-answerable for the Ads of his Adtnin . st ration. 14. Ail the Acts of the Regency pass in the name , the 'AI K ing. • 15. The yttliV revenue of the Regent shall be ono-fool - 1h of the income - Of the Cro . 4 n. 16.• to case the. prece_ling King sh3ll have norni nateJ no Regent, aitd all the Princes shall be u,inors, then the Givernment shall be carried oil by the Miniiters form the Council'of Government. 17. Ail State affairs shall be determined by a majority of votes in the COuncl of Government.. 18. The Regency has no right to the personal Custody 'of the King during his minority. 19. Tne care "of the King during ins minority 14 vested in his mother, and in defautt )1 . her, in the Prince ai7pointed thereto by the de - miser! Soveretn. 20. T,,e'B Lird of`Ga irdianship, composed ache - Ministers, shalt charged with superin tending the•edocatinti ut the young icing ; ' and the the slime shall be: tunitilted it every inatter of im port:nice, relative to his pet,son or establiiiuent.• IV.—PROPERTY. OF ,THE OROWN. , I 21. The Pal ices of Nialrid, Ille.Eseurial, St. detoni(, Ara. ju z,. IYEJ P.inL, and as quiets slow fortni,iig p in ot ,the property,oohe gether with the parks, woods,. domains, and estates' ot r•rli tt kind soever, con'itititte the property of the Crown. Tlid revenli:t "Oderuin4 troth the said pro perty shall ht.-. paid into the - .l.easury of the,Crovil - n . ; aril &mould they tall beiry,v the yearly surli. i g - ti l h rnitilo,i of hard piastres, elti adclition . ot; hercciltaw., ; prop;:-rty.shall belnade, so aS t 0 the amount. stated, 22. Tiw Trea,nry shall aml4llg 2 p3y,prer to that of the c'ios.vti, Il sum of MO 111 . 40,11 A m hard piastres.- , 23. rhe song on attaining the age bf tNetve years, shall recrite the following annual re- Vehues in the i , t sobsimenze money, viz. the Heit'Apparent c)00,000 piastrys,each I nfantoloo,ooo piastres, anti each Infanta, 50,000 piastres. 24.' The dowry,of the is fixrd at 409000. pi istres, and shad be paid ULt of the Treasury ot the Crown. iiTLE V.-0F .THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE- HOLD. e 5. The Chief-and Grand Officers of the Royal I-Inttseliold are six in number---a Grand ,Almoner, Grair.d Chatnberiain; -Grand Ctip-b,...:1r0r, Grand :Master of the Hoist., Grand Huntsman, and Grand, itla,ter olt ht.; Cerem Ines. G . The- No' lenicii he Chamber, the Stewards, ch a phin,, and Linerries, a:e Others of the 1.1.0).4 TITLE VI. TITLE THE SENATE. 32. Th e Senate is- composed, 1. Of the Infants . of Spain, being Is 'years of age. 2. Of twenty-four individuals, 'specially appointed by the King from among the Ministers,' Captain-Generals, Ambassa dors, Councillors of State, and' Members of " the Council of Ca.stile.. • 33. The existing Councillors of State are Mein . 'bers of the Senate. No new nonaination shall take place unti? they are reduced below twenty-tour, as regulated by Atte. preceding-article; . The President of the Senate is,appointed by the King: . He- is chc')senout of tt.e Senate., -and his luiktitins last for one year.. t. 35. Tile Senate meets ',by the command of the King, of on the applicakiOn of the Junta, or one, of its Offieers for.internal. Affairs. , ' 1 • 3G In the case of an armed insurrection, at- of , apprehensions respecting . the safety of tne_btate, the Senate may, on the proposition of the King, suspend the operation pl• the C6oStitutiona) Act iu a. parti ctilar district., and for a time to be limited. [The remaining articles tit thii title, and_ those of r . e Bth title, relative to the Council 0: State, contain little that is of general interest. The King p;e..;•cit-s in the Council, which is to consist ot not less than 30, nor more than 60 members, divided into six sections ! . viz. those of . justice, Religion, In ternal Affairs, rohce, 1.. Mance, ar, the 'Maine, and the • TITLE IX. , . . 57. The Cortes or Juntas of the Kition are com pOs:-d of 1.50 klenibers; divided into•three'estafes or orders, nal - nely — those of the Clergy, Nohility,, and People.. ‘.. 58. The order of the Clergy shall "consist of 25 Archbisops or Bihops. 59. The ()icier of the Nobility shall consist-0f . 25 Nobles, who shalt have the title of Grandees of the Cortes. - • • • IA: The Order of the People shall consist 'of 40 Deputies from the Provinces, - 30 - from the principal Cities, 15 . from• •the Merchants, and 15 D4putiri from the Universities, to consist of the tno.it cele brated for their aftainments-in the arts and sciences. 61.. The Arehbrshop-, or Bishops, constituting the Order of Clergy, stall be roiaed to the rank of: Ailembri of 'the Cortes;:by 'writ,. sealed with the ,GNat Seal of tie Theycannot be divested of their fun6tions but - by virtue 'of the senteit:::e of . a • competent• Court, prOnboneed in due -form. .• .62. The•NObles must- possess an annual income' of at least 200,000 `hard [Ostrds, and Bye' perforin vd,great services.in-the or 'inilitary departtnents, tomualify then) for being elevated to the , rahk.of GrandeeS bf tote Curies. They shall'be.raiird to the rank byn-writ.ta:ti,j) s ed with rue. Great Of 44,e State. The.) . cannel bb divested of their . functions' knit by the sentence of a - competent Court, pro- TiOuncedin dtie furni; 63. The Deputiesfrom the Provinces shall' be no mitiattd by the same, in the, proportion of of least 1 to 300 . ,000 inhabitants ; for thiS purpose . ..the Pro vinces shall be divided so many elecii ve, dist rl: 4 ls as shall . ?e necessary to, furiliskthe populatio n g i vi ng a right to the election of a apply. • [be Articles from .64 to contain 'the forms tu• oe observed in eietlith; the Dekkin,:s of t. 1,: V..opie; - the Condnercial,l3vdies, avid tine Utilvci'siti,...nn 71. The Cortex shall asseirkble - upon the summons of *t he Khtg. They caudot be; acijowned, pl orogued, disi,aved, but t.)y his orders. They shad, inept once, at least, in three years. _ 72. The President ot the Cortex shall be appoint ed by the Kin, but shall be cho=4rn , >lll ti;ree candidates to be nonnit,tiol. by int: Cortes' by Ballot,, 'and an absolute Majority of von:s. 73 and. 74. On the opening of such session, the Cortes shall nominate three candida;cs tot the he sidentship, two Vice 7 Presiclents, I,Ao Secretarie,4; and three Committees, each to consist of the hers, viz, a Committee of Justice, of Inivinal At fairs, and of Finance. " 75 - . The Sittings of the Cortes shall not be public. Their votes shall Ue taken by barlot. 76. Neither the opinibris nor v o tes s hall be printed or published. Any at or Publication, in print or in writing, by the Assembly of the Cortes, or the in- i dividual Members thereof; shall be regarded as an ad, of insurrection. • 77. The alterations to be made in the Civil or Criminal Code; or in 'the: of Finance; shall be' laid before the Cortes for • their decision there.; upon, by the Orators of, the Council of State. • 80. Should„ the, Cortes: conceive thernstilvcs to have just groundi 'of complaint as to the conduct of any of the Ministers, a, Petition, containing their alledged 'grievances and suggestions,. shall be car ried ,by a DePutation: to the toot of the Thi - otie.— The King shall.appoint A.Commissior!', consisting of six Councillors of Si - ate and six Councillors of Cas tile, to examine illto the said Petition. . 8 L . The Decre_es.of the King, issued in pursuance of the _decision of the Cortes, shall he introduced ivith'the formula" upon consulting the Cones." TITLE X.-OF THE SPANISH 'COLONIES' IN AMERICA AND ASIA. • 82. The - SpattiSh:Colonies . in America and Asia shall'enjoy the'satne privileges as the mother coun try. • 83. Each Kingdom and Province shall al Wayshave Deputies at the 'seat' Of Government, charged to watch over their-p+rtieotur iniere6t-i, -and to serve as their Representatives ill, the Cortex. 84. The.sc„Deptities ar,i 26 in number, viz. two from New Spain„ two from Peru, t wo.frOm the.new ki,ngdnin of Granada, two froM Buenos Ayres„ two fr o m th e Philippine [stands, one from the Jsland of Cuba, One strum Porto Rico, one from the , ,piovince of Venezuela, one i r rotpCaraccas, one from oatiil6, one from Chili,.one.tromGuairnala, one from_ Gua dalaxara, one froni the Interior Western Prcvinces of New Spain, and one - frotn'the Eastern Pro\.inees. 86. , The said Deputies. exert ise i heir func tions during the period 4,fe4;lit years and, it; upon the lapse or the same, then successtn - s shall not have yet arrived, they shall. retain. their funckions until their actual arrival. '27, There shall he ni'w Ministerial Pepartniebtc, wiz. of Pot c , Religion, Folvigti Atfans, - In:ernal Atiairs, Dontailis, War, Mat we, Ilit; lo,a;.'s, and general Ponce. - : 1 TITLE XI.—OF THh ADMINISTRATION OF :USTICE. 1 28. A Se(retnry of State, in the elitt vier of 'A 1 . - t . i 87; S i • , Ain shall be governed by one and the s.inte nislt.r, s ball i,igo ail Aosot GoVertintelit. -. : •, code • of cit it last s. 29. The Kin',!.. way- commt several . inin.sterial : 88. l'he A t inittistrinion of Jo , tice is independent. ftinatiotis to titre i\inti,ter.. ' : 89. Jo•tico shall be dispensed in the name of the :30. There . 1,1 , 0 01 er precedence arynnv: the 5:4i -1 ' King, by Ju(16 5 % - s a: id 4 Courts of Justice to be - nisters than- i,v I, t results from tiwir pi i( "1 'tit 144 ' pointed by, hi.lNlajesty. All Courts dait»ing Para 'lnitiation in liolot of . time. ' i attar privileges, and ail the e ? ‘closi‘e . ltirtmiiCtion, of 31._ The Alinister,:, eactt l in his own Dopartrtick.t, an order: or sei4oio tes whatever tiro .. ;tb01i..11,(1.. 2r-:responsible tor ate execaiou of the lawb, and of . . ( riic r,m.tinin At ii.,1::4 under this hcal C0111.:;11 iluthit B of his Majesty's Orders. . l .crteral interesv.l , . TITLE XIT.-..01? ."FIE ADMINT3TR ATI° THE, Ft. NANCE!;. - 103 t. The Royal Vales are irrevocably, declared a national debt. • 103. The tolls in the interior, between distri& and distrid, and province and province, argeglish ed, and will be transformed to the frontiers and coasts: 104. There shall be an uniform system of Taxa , 7. -Mil tion for the whole kingdom. 105. - All existing iirivileges conferred upon cor porations-or individuals, are abolished. An indem nification shall be made for the loss of those privi leges which were acquired by a pecuniary conside ration. 106. The nomination .of all Officers belongs to the King, or the Authorities whom he empowers, according to the laws and, regulations. , TITLE XIII.-GENERAL REGULATIONS.. 107. There shall be a permanent aliiancis by sea and land, offensive and defensive, between France and Spain. The contingent to be furnished by each of the respetaire Powers, in case of a Cnininental or Maritime war, shall be provided by a sepArate treaty. Tn 4 Expedition under the Command of Sir 108. Foreigners who have performed, or: may — Mobaz passed the Downs yesterday, and we have .! hereafter perform, great services to tie State; who c 'may prove useful from their talents, inventions, er nu (lowa (hat it will reochSpitheadin the course of zeal and aaivity ; who may form great establish- this day. J-' per measures have been taken for re" petits, or purFhase landed estates paying a tax ot. 50 victualling the Transports, and they will sail,agai4 hard piastres—are admissible to the lights of liar m . - a • lization in Spain. The King confers this indulgence upon their further destinat i'on immediately. Su - Jong through his Minister for Internal Affinrs upon con- arri, - ed'ih town on Sattirday night, tind had 3 suiting his Council of. State. . haw- interview. with Lard CASTLEREAGH. The troop' 109. The residence of every mlnOitant of the lonise new EXpeditH ate embarking, and will be Spanish territory is an iniolable sanctuary. It can only be entered in the day tattle, and tor a put pose ready ? to • sail in a iew days. It is said that the whole cotinnanded by law, or in execution of au order issu- of the: tor . L . e, to be,:empiu)ed for the assist ince of the ed' by the public magistracy. 110. No person donticiliated in the Spanish terri- illatnotnn •tp 40,090 men that flf° tory can be arrested, except in the actu cum , t,is- One! Cominind given to Sir HEW DALRYlsi stun of a crime, or by vii toe ()fa la•wful warrant' in pLE.,:utd that he "w ill nave under hnn Generals writing. lord CHATHAN, WELLESLEY , 111 ORF. and Sparr, tit_ In order tc t the execution of a warrant t of arrest, it is neceSsary, Ist, '1 hat tne'reason 'of the dtt and that C.;;bralf.ir will be the point of rev ,- 'rest shall be formally set forth therein, and thlrA i y i l ef i v . .. t t h e ,„,1,46 o f shall state the. law enjoinin4 the same. 2J. Tinit,l it shall be grant e d by an authority furiviihN34"lll-°-)! " TuF. Miblin Journal, ()t the 14111, Which we re' powered by= law to grant it. 3d. that its t.ontelni shall be communicated, and a copy thereof gitcn to - the person to whom it applies . . 112. No Jailor or Prison-keeper can receive or any one in custody, without, entering in Register a Copy of the Warrant of Commitment, lodidnient, or Sentence, or in a word, every , order whatsoever in virtue of which he holds the person • ceived this' morning, contains the following Letter horn Cork . :--." ' " Colt K., JOLY 'morning the Expeditioo . sailed froth:Our 'Harbour, under convoy of His Air TeSty's - .Stiii`c Donegal,, liiiiitance, and Csocodile. At three O'clock, A.M. thR Resistance got undet weigh, and was hollowed by the Transports. Ait'l the greater part of the latter had passed the Done • gal, on board which Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY 3- suite were embarked, she weighed anchor and stooa, - out ;to sea. On her passing Carlisle Fort, she re. cdivied 'and returned a salute of fifteen guns, whiCh gaffe an interesting effea to a . speaaele otherwise peculiarly grand and affe&ing. When our Messe l ger left Cote this morning, the whole •had cleore i the harbour, and the wind has continued with a OW itt custody. 113. Every Jailor or Prison-keeper shall be coni pelled, and no older - whatsoever shall be considered a 5 'an impediment, to bring his prisoner, as often as he shall. be required to do so, before the Magl:trate charged with the affairs of the Police. 114. The relatives and friends of the prisoner shall pot be prevented from entering the prison, upon their producing an order. from the Magistrate.' A specific order from the Judge to the Jailor can alone ju.ility the detaining of a prisoner in close custody. 115. Persons not authorised by law to issue war rants of commitMent, who shall give orders tbr ar resting, or cause to be arrested, any persop whatso aF, well as those who, in casts 'of legal arrest, shall detain the prnionerNie. any place not known as a le t jail; an,l alilaitorq contravening the three ptcy;ling articles are-:guilty of the crime of arbt tra:y impriionMent. 116. The present ConstiiMional Statute shall suc cessively, and according to the importance of the re-. spective articles, he caAied into execution by ao ) al Decrees or Eth.as, so that .the whole. shall be in ope ration bet Ore the t st of ,January, 18 117. The Freed() a of the Press shall be,regulated two years alter the Constitutional Stamte shall have been in o i reritiou. The Cones shall pass a law spetting the Free‘loin ut the Press. CIAI LS., AaftivED-2 Dublin, 3 Waterford. D Gottenburgh, .1 t Wato-ford, ' t)t• STOCKS Tills DAY Ai TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols "• - • 7oii I Uranium - - 3 'THE SUN. SOLIM DICZRZ F:ALSIIM AuDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 IV, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1308. THE Orestes is arrived atYlymou!li with Dis patches from Lord COLLINGWO3D and. Sir Clikl:LES CorroN. By the former it appears that all the. French who were in Algarve, the southern Province , of Portugal, have been put to dekh or taken pri soners ; and that a dreadful aElion has been fought between Saragossa and Barcelona, in which the French forces have aithost wholly been ctut to pieces. All Portugal is in a state of insuereelion. • • Advicei, dated off St. Lucar, from General 'SPEW. CER,, state that he was hastening towards Cadiz and as he passed the Southern Coat of Portugal, the Portuguese Flag was hoisted on all the forts and batteries. 'The General landed at Ayamonte, - and fouiliV every thing in a secure state in the GOadiari47itii whole Province of Algarve was restored va r t.4r power of the Portuguese, and the . French r At t leb, 7l. ments at Villareal and Castromarin had surrendvreo to the Portuguese without opposition. WE have received a priVate Letter from HolNid',- which confirm the report of the disgrace of Ir L LEYRAND. BUONAPAR2E has not absolutely put Ulm . • in pri,on, but he has given hini an entploytnent which renders him little better than a Prisoner: He is entrusted with the care of the late King and Queen of Spaitl, and as they are confined to a limited spa,lip,t, their Gat)lei is under the same reitriEtions • The nevys.oi the Surrender of the French)Elei* / - was known in 'Tolland some days ttgo, but none a r the Papers'dare allude to the circumstance. Bug' •‘' ere NAPARTE has lately trade an example of art unto!' tunate Journalist at Bourdeaux, who ventured to give nicat some alcount of the Insurret:tion in Spain; and IC to th jusert pne of . the Proclamations of the Patriots; For t ',lortbis `offence' the Printer was dragged to prison, lti3 at ,l y presses destroyed; and his Paper suppressed ! But lest this example should not be sufficient to deter a n d other Journalisis from inserting any'articles of au aßr .untavourable nature, the•Ahniteur has lately giver; boar I a caution to all the unofficial Journalists, not to b on, sert . any of the Reports of insurrections or disturb ' a I RLCtS in Spain, as there is no foundation for them gent I,lr was %ery generally believed in Holland, that the thei Illness which rendered the removal of MURAT froin P at , Bayonne necessary, arose trom poison ; and it veal. hart 'f-added, that there wee no hopes of his recovery. • sant breeze, at east, ever since.7l Yesterday we received Dutch Paper; to tVe inst. the contents of .which are of. considerable . 1 113 ` portance, as they confirm the accounts which lia a ,. previously reached us from so may quarters, of th i of ea prciduced on the Cabinets of Vienna and Petersburg') by the la d atrocious condLid of Btl° NAPARTE in Spain and Italy, A formal rernonstran e6/ ,has been presented to BUoNAPARTE .these Court s ' in consequence of his Decree for, depiiving the POO of ies : but the EMPEROR 01AUSTill'! doe, nut ,confine 'himself to remonstrance, be making every possible exertion to augment his M' Wary is.Orce: Besides fining up all the regular Bev taltoos to the ssar establishment: an Arihy Of 11 1 serve ot 59,000 men is tone to; ne.i by u iliut. extraordinary exertions natural y attriv.ted tile al i tion of the French Minister, ANDRBOi3I, wily rg ' monstrated with the Cabinet of Vienna on tue suP" jea ; but received only an evasive ansa , er, stating, that a period 61 Peace' wa. the most proper time tot ‘ introducing reforms andimprovements in the militart Sptern. BooNAPARTE, however, gill contiflues 14 . 7 colieo his armies on the frontiers of Spain, bopii);/ perhaps, to effeat the suljugation of that before Austria or Russia can 'adopt any clecisiv ° measures. , 4 ALL the circumstances that transpire respeBio% the posture of affairs in Spain, pri,mi,e the 0 - 104 prosperous. issue, as well from the v"iisdom atreas the COunsels of that. Country, as,frotn. the spirit of its inlit,:oit,ints. But the leading, people 0 1 Spain display a degree•of humanity which canno t !: but endear the glorious cause in 'which they are elt'. gaged to every other Country, and make all mail' kind anxious for their ultimate. triumph over !be' ;t'Ocious Ppstart.whO is attempting to lave theta ; • . o pfevent the French, after, the Surrender of the ic le teat Cildiz,:fro.rn being exposed to the venge.inc e fitlipnpurace, the:Otficers and Crews of the French' SquadronVyere placed On "board bulks ut protec'. lion of them Spainarcts.. Tice Marines and others : w la/could 'nut' accommodated' in this ihannec werc.. a cut on silue iii s'afy4y;ilhil are dispoed "ip . imison hev.ly- built, and ity„the four r Toweil C‘AraCcli;Dock-pici. -- The uttoot care was (Ace'' , (0 prevent ,the pock-) and from any-iijury by the attack ut French, before 'they Here dr yecr to• the . necessity of -sfittendertng' their - .l l let, by 4 , count.. ate,i with Sz : c. by whict', iireami. the Ships NVWe.unable . to make any b°s. a sti volt disc su ha Pt